Meaning

17 senses
  1. (transitive)To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.

  2. (intransitive)To make a loud noise.

    греме́тьgremétʹ, грохота́тьgroxotátʹ

    make with or as if with an explosion

  3. (informal, transitive)To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.

  4. (transitive)To shatter, as if by an explosion.

    взрыва́тьvzryvátʹ, взорва́тьvzorvátʹ

    shatter as if by explosion

  5. (transitive)To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).

    Blast right through it.

  6. (transitive)To curse; to damn.

    Blast it! Foiled again.

    проклина́тьproklinátʹ, прокля́стьprokljástʹ

  7. (transitive)To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).

    Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.

  8. To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.

  9. (ambitransitive, slang)To shoot; to attack or shoot (someone or a place).

    They showed up blasting.

    That's when we decided to blast him.

  10. (transitive)To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.

    My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.

    раскритикова́тьraskritikovátʹ

  11. (transitive)To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.

  12. (transitive)To blight or wither.

    A cold wind blasted the rose plants.

    shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

Examples

111 sentences
  1. The blast destroyed everything.

    Вибух знищив усе.

    ruВзрыв уничтожил всё.

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  2. Tom was injured in the blast.

    ruТом пострадал при взрыве.

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  3. Tom got injured in the blast.

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  4. It's going to be a blast.

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  5. Tom wasn't injured in the blast.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
to make a loud noise:
to shatter, as if by an explosion:
to curse; to damn:
to criticize severely, verbally discipline:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English blasten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from P

Inherited from Middle English blasten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną. Possibly related to Middle High German blesten (“to stand out, plop, splash”).

From BLAST (“Basic Local Alignment Search Tool”, acronym).

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Forms

blasts, blasting, blasted, blasted
Base formblast · to blast
3rd person singularblasts
Present participleblasting
Past simpleblasted
Past participleblasted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyblast
he, she, itblasts

Past simpleLesson

all personsblasted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave blasted
he, she, ithas blasted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill blast

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

78 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

17 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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